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(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing? / what's he up to?
除了 chú le apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語,他也會法語|除了英语,他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French") / (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
surname He
TA he or she
成也萧何,败也萧何 chéng Xiāo , bài Xiāo lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
贺锦丽 Jǐn He Jinli, Chinese name adopted by Kamala Harris (1964-), US vice president 2021-
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that
surname He
人无远虑,必有近忧 rén yuǎn , yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
郑和 Zhèng Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
葫芦里卖的是什么药 lu mài de shì shén me yào what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
何曾 céng did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
surname He
身正不怕影子斜 shēn zhèng yǐng zi xié lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
何应钦 Yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general
听凭 tīng píng to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
各取所需 suǒ each takes what he needs (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝 sān shang méi shuǐ lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
为五斗米折腰 wèi dǒu zhé yāo (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
有仇不报非君子 yǒu chóu bào fēi jūn a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
诸葛亮 Zhū Liàng Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind
说曹操曹操就到 shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear


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